{"product_id":"venco-a-novel-isbn-9780063054905","title":"VenCo: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Once I opened \u003cem\u003eVenCo\u003c\/em\u003e, I was propelled through an entire night of charmed reading. Cherie Dimaline creates a world utterly fantastical, yet real. \u003cem\u003eVenCo\u003c\/em\u003e is funny, tense, and cracking with a dark, divine energy.\"  ---Louise Erdrich, New York Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sentence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Once and Future Witches\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePractical Magic\u003c\/em\u003e, comes an incredibly imaginative, highly anticipated new novel featuring witches, magic, and a road trip across America—from Cherie Dimaline, the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eEmpire of Wild\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMétis millennial Lucky St. James is barely hanging on when she learns she’ll be evicted from the tiny Toronto apartment she shares with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella. But then one night, something strange and irresistible calls out to Lucky. She burrows through a wall to find a tarnished silver spoon, humming with otherworldly energy, etched with a crooked-nosed witch and the word SALEM.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucky is familiar with the magic of her indigenous ancestors, but she has no idea that the spoon connects her to a teeming network of witches across North America who have anxiously awaited her discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter VenCo, a front company fueled by vast resources of dark money (its name is an anagram of “coven.”) VenCo’s witches hide in plain sight wherever women gather: Tupperware parties, Mommy \u0026amp; Me classes, suburban book clubs. Since colonial times, they have awaited the moment the seven spoons will come together and ignite a new era, returning women to their rightful power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as reckoning approaches, a very powerful adversary is stalking their every move. He’s Jay Christos, a roguish and deadly witch-hunter as old as witchcraft itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo find the last spoon, Lucky and Stella embark on a rollicking and dangerous road trip to the darkly magical city of New Orleans, where the final showdown will determine whether VenCo will usher in a new beginning…or remain underground forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wildly imaginative and compulsively readable fantasia of adventure, history, Americana, feminism, and magic, \u003cem\u003eVenCo \u003c\/em\u003eis a novel only the supremely gifted Cherie Dimaline could write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Crackling with magic, mystery, adventure, and intrigue, \u003cem\u003eVenCo\u003c\/em\u003e is a captivating tribute to the bonds of families we are born into and the ones that we create, and a delightful testament to the power of all womankind.”— Nikki Erlick, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Measure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Crackling with magic, mystery, adventure, and intrigue, \u003cem\u003eVenCo\u003c\/em\u003e is a captivating tribute to the bonds of families we are born into and the ones that we create, and a delightful testament to the power of all womankind.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author of The Measure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Once I opened \u003cem\u003eVenCo\u003c\/em\u003e, I was propelled through an entire night of charmed reading. Cherie Dimaline creates a world utterly fantastical, yet real. \u003cem\u003eVenCo\u003c\/em\u003e is funny, tense, and cracking with a dark, divine energy.\"  \u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouise Erdrich, New York Times bestselling author of The Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fast, fun, full of charms...A propulsive read full of intriguing detail, this novel is well-written, engaging, and, more than anything, enjoyable. The reader will feel genuine affection for Dimaline’s irreverent, badass witches as they battle for the future of their family and the future of the world, one and the same in Dimaline’s inclusive vision.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gripping, witchy romp of a novel. It's impossible not fall in love with Stella and Lucky.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An absolute thrill ride of a book, a page-turner of the highest order. \u003cem\u003eVenCo \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful and unique reading experience, threaded through with humour and peril. It’s a perfect novel for a winter’s day, because sometimes, our reading life needs a touch of magic.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Deftly written, gripping and informative. \u003cem\u003eEmpire of Wild\u003c\/em\u003e is a rip-roaring read!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Atwood, from Instagram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Inventive, passionate… Smartly written with believable characters, a tight plot, and breathtaking sentences, this is a must-read literary thriller.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, starred review, on Empire of Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Electrifying.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar, best books to read this year, on Empire of Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Close, tight, stark, beautiful…Dimaline has crafted something both current and timeless, mythic but personal.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR on Empire of Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Spellbinding and utterly original, \u003cem\u003eVenCo\u003c\/em\u003e shows the power women can wield when we join forces.”   - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirsten Miller, author of The Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eEmpire of Wild\u003c\/em\u003e is doing everything I love in a contemporary novel and more. 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